Do you know where this is?

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Nov 4, 2012 at 6:00 AMNov 5, 2012 at 5:35 AM

The picture at left was taken in Worcester Sept. 11, 1954. The city and the region, already smarting from the walloping winds and drenching rains of Hurricane Carol, suffered another hit from Edna, another Category 3 hurricane, which brought 100 mph winds through the area that killed four in the state, including a Grafton man. Forty-four of the state’s towns were without power.

That scenario might sound familiar, and the street layout pictured above is quite similar today to its 1954 version. Lined with banks, hotels, churches and apartments, the street was once the destination that city officials are currently trying to make a destination point once again. The tallest building in the photo was a flagship hotel with a rooftop garden that featured bands and dancing. The building is still there, sans rooftop garden.

Here’s a hint — it was at different times in its history named Park Street and South Street.

Another building in the photo housed one of the city’s early pharmacies, and the upper floors were occupied by Thomas H. Dodge, an inventor with patents on a mowing machine, a printing press and barbed wire manufacturing improvements.

What you see here is the beginning of one of the city’s longer streets. At the other end is one of the oldest homes in the city, the Nathaniel Jones House, constructed in the early 1700s.

Do you know where this photo was taken? Go to telegram.com to weigh in with your guess and a comment. Return tomorrow to the Telegram & Gazette and telegram.com for the answer.